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Author: Charles Iliya Krempeaux <iamreiver@gmail.com>
Date:   Fri Nov 3 13:54:42 2023 -0700

    initial commits

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+Copyright (c) 2023 Charles Iliya Krempeaux :: http://changelog.ca/
+
+Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
+of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
+in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights
+to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell
+copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
+furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
+
+The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in
+all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
+
+THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
+IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
+FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
+AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
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+OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN
+THE SOFTWARE.
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+# go-rfc8259
+
+Package **rfc8259** is an implementation of (parts of) IETF RFC-8259, for the Go programming language.
+
+The JavaScript Object Notation (JSON) Data Interchange Format (2017)  
+https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc8259
+
+## Documention
+
+Online documentation, which includes examples, can be found at: http://godoc.org/sourcecode.social/reiver/go-rfc8259
+
+[![GoDoc](https://godoc.org/sourcecode.social/reiver/go-rfc8259?status.svg)](https://godoc.org/sourcecode.social/reiver/go-rfc8259)
+
+## Import
+
+To import package **rfc8259** use `import` code like the follownig:
+```
+import "sourcecode.social/reiver/go-rfc8259"
+```
+
+## Installation
+
+To install package **rfc8259** do the following:
+```
+GOPROXY=direct go get https://sourcecode.social/reiver/go-rfc8259
+```
+
+## Author
+
+Package **rfc8259** was written by [Charles Iliya Krempeaux](http://changelog.ca)